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Resident Alien

5.3/10

Release: 14/09/1990

Duration: 1h 23m

Resident Alien

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Writers

Production

Crisp City Productions

Cast

Gilbert Stafford

Gilbert Staffor..

Man on Street

Gus Rogerson

Gus Rogerson

Street Performer

Michaela Murphy

Michaela Murphy

Street Performer

Felicity Mason

Felicity Mason

Dinner Hostess / ..

John Hurt

John Hurt

Self - Actor

Sting

Sting

Singer

Michael Musto

Michael Musto

Gossip Columnist

Sally Jessy Raphael

Sally Jessy Rap..

Talk Show Host (a..

Shi Ringer

Shi Ringer

Gay Activist

Tom Steele

Tom Steele

Self - Publisher

Lenny Dean

Lenny Dean

Cabaret Performer

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick

Playwright

Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade

Performance Artis..

Paul Bridgewater

Paul Bridgewate..

Gallery Owner

Trey Spiegel

Trey Spiegel

Painters' Friend

Holly Woodlawn

Holly Woodlawn

Performer / Actor

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